Most popular boys’ names in Virginia, 1960

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,886
2	David	1,734
3	Michael	1,698
4	Robert	1,539
5	William	1,506
6	John	1,476
7	Mark	950
8	Charles	847
9	Richard	842
10	Thomas	801
11	Timothy	749
12	Kenneth	704
13	Jeffrey	572
14	Steven	553
15	Donald	523
16	Joseph	497
17	Gary	469
17	Ronald	469
19	Larry	440
20	Anthony	412
21	Gregory	405
22	George	392
23	Paul	382
24	Edward	374
24	Ricky	374

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	355
27	Stephen	335
28	Jerry	329
29	Daniel	310
29	Douglas	310
31	Dennis	309
32	Terry	300
33	Christopher	275
34	Keith	272
35	Danny	257
36	Brian	254
37	Tony	242
38	Barry	239
39	Roger	236
40	Randy	220
41	Raymond	218
42	Jeffery	209
43	Wayne	205
44	Steve	201
45	Bruce	197
46	Carl	187
46	Frank	187
48	Ronnie	185
49	Bobby	183
50	Scott	182
51	Walter	170
52	Samuel	168
53	Johnny	156
54	Calvin	155
55	Eric	154
56	Roy	153
57	Curtis	150
58	Phillip	148
59	Marvin	142
60	Russell	141
61	Rodney	140
62	Billy	138
62	Lawrence	138
64	Andrew	137
65	Dale	136
66	Alan	135
66	Mike	135
68	Clarence	134
69	Harold	133
70	Glenn	125
70	Randall	125
72	Jimmy	123
73	Melvin	122
74	Howard	119
75	Patrick	117
76	Darrell	116
77	Craig	115
77	Henry	115
79	Ralph	113
80	Willie	112
81	Allen	110
81	Dwayne	110
83	Arthur	107
84	Joe	105
85	Jeff	104
86	Ernest	102
86	Harry	102
88	Peter	101
88	Stanley	101
90	Alvin	100
90	Gerald	100
92	Bryan	98
92	Jack	98
92	Micheal	98
95	Reginald	94
96	Earl	93
97	Eddie	91
98	Ray	90
99	Carlton	88
100	Albert	86
100	Eugene	86